Investment Compliance Analyst

Introduction:
About us
We are an award winning, national $16B public offer industry fund focused on the education and community sectors. Working for NGS Super means being part of something bigger and working to make a difference to our members and their financial future.

Our people are key to our success, and as we expand, we’re committed to finding and retaining the right talent to take on the journey. As well as a flexible and fun workplace, we offer competitive benefits including additional leave entitlements, personal & professional development and health & wellbeing programs.

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The Role
The Investment Compliance Analyst supports the Investments team by delivering day to day investment compliance and operational risk controls as an embedded Line 1 role. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Investment Risk and Compliance, the role focuses on compliance monitoring, risk and breach support, governance reporting, and timely issue escalation. The position works closely with portfolio managers, internal stakeholders, and external service providers to support a strong investment risk and compliance framework.

What you’ll do

• Deliver day to day investment compliance monitoring and control activities, including maintaining GRC artefacts and escalating emerging risks or issues.
• Conduct pre trade compliance checks for internally managed portfolios and maintaining accurate records and evidence.
• Perform portfolio level risk and compliance monitoring, identifying limit breaches or anomalies, and contributing to reporting and investigations.
• Support incident, breach and business continuity activities for the Investments business unit.
• Review investment related public, regulatory and member facing documents to ensure accuracy and alignment with approved positions.
• Assist with investment manager and service provider oversight, including compliance questionnaire reviews and reporting inputs.
• Support model risk governance for Investments business unit models in line with the Fund’s standards.
• Provide broader investment compliance and risk support, including reporting, training, continuous improvement and ad hoc activities.

About you
This role is ideal for someone who brings the following skills and experience:

• Experience in investment compliance, operational risk or investment operations within a regulated financial services environment.
• Understanding of the Three Lines of Defence, with experience in an embedded Line 1 role.
• Working knowledge of investment mandates, portfolio constraints and pre trade compliance.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to maintain high quality records and evidence.
• Ability to identify and escalate issues or control gaps with clear analysis.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare concise summaries for senior stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Collaborative approach, working effectively with investment and corporate teams.

The following skills are nice to have but not essential:

• Experience in an APRA regulated environment.
• Exposure to portfolio level investment risk concepts.
• Experience supporting incidents, breaches, business continuity or investment manager oversight.
• Experience with control testing, audits or assurance reviews.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications, or progress toward professional qualifications in risk, compliance or investments.

If you’re a dedicated compliance professional looking to make a meaningful contribution, we would love to hear from you.

We are a super fund that has an exceptional work culture, provides a diverse offering in developing our people and you can be a part of it while earning an attractive remuneration package!

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should submit a copy of their updated CV.

Please note that to be eligible for this role, you are required to have permanent Australian working rights and residency.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a workplace that values diversity, equity, and respect for all individuals.